Woodbridge and Michaelis Families Papers: Finding Aid
mssWoodbridge
Gayle M. Richardson
The Huntington Library
October 2022
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San Marino, California 91108
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Woodbridge and Michaelis families papers
Creator:
Michaelis (Family)
Creator:
Woodbridge (Family)
Identifier/Call Number: mssWoodbridge
Physical Description:
3.84 Linear Feet
(9 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1832-1926
Abstract: A collection of material related to the
Woodbridge and Michaelis families, including Major Francis Woodbridge, Eliza K. Woodbridge,
Kate K. Michaelis, Major Otho Michaelis, and Lieutenant Frank Woodbridge.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Woodbridge and Michaelis families papers, The Huntington Library,
San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased for the Huntington from Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC by the Library Collectors'
Council, March 2022.
Biographical / Historical
Francis Woodbridge (1816-1855) was the scion of a prominent New England family and a West
Point graduate (Class of 1837); he began his military career in Florida during the Second
Seminole War and subsequently served in the Mexican American War, on the Niagara Frontier,
and throughout the Midwest. Francis Woodbridge met Elizabeth "Eliza" Cass Kercheval
(1821-1873) the daughter of a prominent Michigan politician, Benjamin Berry Kercheval;
Francis and Eliza married in April 1841, and together they had a daughter Catharine "Kate"
Woodbridge (1846-1926) and, a son, Francis "Frank" Woodbridge (1853-1891). The elder Francis
Woodbridge attained the rank of major for his "gallant and meritorious conduct" but died at
the age of 39, while stationed at Fort Barrancas, Florida. In December of 1868, Kate
Woodbridge married Captain Otho E. Michaelis (1843-1890) who was a German-born New Yorker
and a career soldier; he fought at the Battle of Gettysburg and ended the Civil War as a
chief of ordnance. Throughout his career he oversaw arsenals in New York, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Maine; in September 1881, he accompanied astronomer Samuel P.
Langley on his expedition to California's Mount Whitney. Michaelis was also an accomplished
chess player, ranked 25th in the world by Edo Historical Chess Ratings. Kate and Otho had
nine children, six of whom survived into adulthood. Frank Woodbridge followed in his
father's footsteps and entered the military; in the late 1860s and early 1870s, he held a
clerical job at the U.S. Department of War while working as a part-time journalist. In 1876,
he received a lieutenant's commission and was posted to Fort Shaw, Montana Territory; he
married a cousin, Alice Field (1858-1939) in 1883.
Scope and Contents
A collection of correspondence, documents, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera related
to the Woodbridge and Michaelis families of Vermont and Michigan. The collection covers
three generations of men and women who served in the American military during the 19th
century; it documents several military campaigns against indigenous peoples in Florida,
Michigan, the Dakotas, Montana, and elsewhere. The papers also describe the Army's role in
scientific exploration and discovery, technological development, involvement in American
political affairs, and the expansion of the United States from the 1830s to the 1880s. Also
addressed are the internal conflicts that existed within the Army's officer corps, including
its class structure and the constant pursuit of advancement followed by officers; and the
relationship between the Army and American society. Courtship letters as well as
correspondence between wives and husbands reveal the evolving patterns of relationships
between men and women. Other subjects in the collection include: engineering, health and
medical care, and the lives of women and children whose husbands and fathers served in the
American military.
Processing Information
Processed by Gayle M. Richardson in October 2022.
Arrangement
Organized in the following series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Manuscripts, documents, and
photographs; 3. Ephemera.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Communication in marriage -- United States -- 19th century
Courtship -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Football -- United States -- History
Journalists -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Nez Percé Indians -- Wars, 1877
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Canada -- History -- Rebellion, 1837-1838
Canada -- History -- 19th century
Dakota Territory -- History, Military
Florida -- History -- 19th century
Michigan -- History -- 19th century
Michigan -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Montana -- History, Military
New England -- History -- 19th century
United States -- History -- 19th century
United States -- History -- 20th century
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Documents -- United States -- 19th century
Ephemera -- United States -- 19th century
Family papers -- United States -- 19th century
Family papers -- United States -- 20th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century
Love letters -- United States -- 19th century
Manuscripts -- United States -- 19th century
Military documents -- United States -- 19th century
Photographs -- United States -- 19th century
Photographs -- United States -- 20th century
Michaelis, Kate Woodbridge, 1846-1926
Michaelis, Otho
E.
Woodbridge, Eliza Kercheval, 1821-1873
Woodbridge, Francis, 1816-1855
Woodbridge, Frank, 1853-1891
United States. Army -- Military life --
History -- 19th century
United States. Army -- Officers --
History -- 19th century
United States. Army.
Ordnance Corps
Watervliet Arsenal
(N.Y.)
Correspondence
1832-1919
Physical Description: 3.0 Linear
Feet(7 boxes)
Scope and Contents
The correspondence in the collection is predominantly that of Francis Woodbridge, Eliza
Kercheval Woodbridge, Otho E. Michaelis, Kate Woodbridge Michaelis, and Frank
Woodbridge, their large extended families, friends, military and business associates.
The letters are in good condition except for many of the letters from the 1830s and
1840s which have some degree of water damage. A large portion of the personal letters
are crosswritten which was typical in the 19th century. The letters also contain modern
annotations, circled words, numbers, and other markings made by previous owners or
dealers. The correspondence includes letters dealing with personal, domestic and world
affairs; and letters written by children and teenagers to their families and friends.
There are a significant number of letters and telegrams written in May to June 1890, in
response to the unexpected death of Otho E. Michaelis.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 1
Susan M. Adams letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1885
Box 1, Folder 2
S. C. Alexander letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
undated
Scope and Contents
Signed: Aunt S. C. Alexander.
Box 1, Folder 3
S. C. Alexander letters to Otho E. Michaelis
undated
Scope and Contents
Signed: Aunt S. C. Alexander.
Box 1, Folder 4
Isaac Arnold Jr. letters to Isaac Arnold Sr.
1885-1886
Scope and Contents
Also enclosed: letter from D. B. Warner to Isaac Arnold Sr., requesting letter of
recommendation for his son Sidney B. Warner.
Box 1, Folder 5
Lulu B---- letter to Marion Michaelis Skinner
1890 May 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Maggie B---- letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1841 November
Scope and Contents
Significant water damage, with loss of text.
Box 1, Folder 7
Francis Bacon letter to Otho E. Michaelis
1887 July 1
Box 1, Folder 8
Helen E. Bacon letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1870 November 26
Box 1, Folder 9
Lyndell Bailey letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1916 December 10
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 10
G. W. Baird letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1888 June 6
Box 1, Folder 11
G. W. Baird telegram to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1890 May 2
Box 1, Folder 12
Orville D. Baker letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1897 April 4
Box 1, Folder 13
Mrs. E. M. Beach letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1858 April 23
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 14
Harriet Blaine Beale letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1885-1890
Box 1, Folder 15
Harriet Blaine Beale letter to Marion Michaelis Skinner
approximately 1890 May 8
Box 1, Folder 16
Stephen Vincent Benét telegram to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 May 2
Box 1, Folder 17
Stephen Vincent Benét letter to Otho E. Michaelis
1870 August 31
Box 1, Folder 18
John Bigelow letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1904 January 11
Box 1, Folder 19
John H. Bissell letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1888 March 24
Scope and Contents
Signed: Jack.
Box 1, Folder 20
James Gillespie Blaine telegram to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 May 2
Box 1, Folder 21
Meta M. Blake letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1858 May 12
Box 1, Folder 22
John Bogart letter to Otho E. Michaelis
1887 April 7
Scope and Contents
Subject: American Society of Civil Engineers.
Box 1, Folder 23
Thomas K. Boggs telegram to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 May 2
Box 1, Folder 24
J. R. Booth letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1898 May 23
Box 1, Folder 25
Boston Journal letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1899 June 10
Box 1, Folder 26
Boston Transcript letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
approximately 1895
Scope and Contents
Incomplete, missing first page; signed: J. E. Chamberlin.
Box 1, Folder 27
J. W. Bradbury letter to Otho E. Michaelis
approximately 1880 February 4
Box 1, Folder 28
Alida Brauman letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1870 July 18
Box 1, Folder 29
Miss [-----] Briggs letter to Arthur G. Hatch
1889 May 7
Scope and Contents
Written in third person.
Box 1, Folder 30
Florence Brooks telegram to Marion Michaelis Skinner
1890 May 2
Box 1, Folder 31
Elizabeth C. Brush letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1880-1890
Box 1, Folder 32
Jeanie A. Brush letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1864-1877
Box 1, Folder 33
Jeanie A. Brush letter to Marion Michaelis Skinner
1890 June 16
Box 1, Folder 34
Jane A. Bush telegram to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 May 2
Box 1, Folder 35
Susan R. Buttrick letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1860
Box 1, Folder 36
The Capital (journal) note of introduction for Frank Woodbridge
1873 March 11
Scope and Contents
Signed: Donn Piatt.
Box 1, Folder 37
Minnie Chandler note to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1860
Scope and Contents
Written in third person; with envelope.
Box 1, Folder 38
Chautauqua College letters to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1890 August-October
Scope and Contents
Signed: John H. Daniels.
Box 1, Folder 39
Adelaide Cheney letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
undated
Box 1, Folder 40
E. E. L. Child note to Arthur G. Hatch
1888 May 30
Box 1, Folder 41
The Christian Science Journal letter to George V. S. Michaelis
Woodbridge
1899 June 23
Box 1, Folder 42
J. Christian note to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
undated
Box 1, Folder 43
Sophie W. Coolidge letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1910 April 29
Box 1, Folder 44
Eliza Laurie Cutler letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1885 August 5
Box 1, Folder 45
Margaret Blaine Damrosch letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 September 10
Box 1, Folder 46
Cushman Kellogg Davis letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 June 12
Box 1, Folder 47
Cushman Kellogg Davis letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1898 April 22
Box 1, Folder 48
Mary C. Davis letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1911 November 8
Box 1, Folder 49
Emma H. Demeritt letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1870 April 5
Box 1, Folder 50
N. H. Dole letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1899 March 19
Box 1, Folder 51
Henry M. Duffield letter and telegram to Kate Woodbridge
Michaelis
1890 February-May
Box 1, Folder 52
Freddy Dudgeon note to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1858 February 16
Scope and Contents
Written in third person; with envelope.
Box 1, Folder 53
Major [-----] Dunn telegram to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 May 2
Box 1, Folder 54
Roy P. Eaton letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 May 2
Box 1, Folder 55
James D. Ellsworth letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1903 November 7
Box 1, Folder 56
Annie J. F---- letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1864
Box 1, Folder 57
Elizabeth Faulconer letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1891 August 19
Box 1, Folder 58
Mary Kercheval Field letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1854-1870
Scope and Contents
Mary K. Field's letters are signed only "Aunty;" many are incomplete and undated.
Box 1, Folder 59
Mary Kercheval Field letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1871-1872
Box 1, Folder 60
Mary Kercheval Field letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1873-1874
Box 1, Folder 61
Mary Kercheval Field letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1875-1891
Box 1, Folder 62
Mary Kercheval Field letters to Otho E. Michaelis
1871-1874
Box 1, Folder 63
Mary Kercheval Field letter to Marion Michaelis Skinner
1888 March 28
Box 1, Folder 64
Mary Kercheval Field letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1856-1865
Box 1, Folder 65
Moses Wheelock Field letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1863-approximately 1865
Box 1, Folder 66
Moses Wheelock Field telegram to Otho E. Michaelis
1877 May 14
Box 1, Folder 67
Moses Wheelock Field letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1865 August 28
Box 2, Folder 1
Rebecca Wheelock Field letter to Marion Michaelis Skinner
1890 May 3
Box 2, Folder 2
Vincent Field letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1871-1874
Box 2, Folder 3
Vincent Field letter to Otho E. Michaelis
approximately 1874
Box 2, Folder 4
Horace N. Fisher letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 May 8
Box 2, Folder 5
K---- Fisher letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1901 July 29
Scope and Contents
Part of signature illegible.
Box 2, Folder 6
Susan S. Fleming letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1865-1867
Box 2, Folder 7
Maria H. Forsyth letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1832-1837
Scope and Contents
Significant water damage, with some loss of text.
Box 2, Folder 8
F. D. Freeman letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1890 August 28
Box 2, Folder 9
H. H. Galt letter to Francis Woodbridge
1848 January 12
Box 2, Folder 10
Frances M. Gibbon letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1888 March 2
Box 2, Folder 11
Eugene Grasselli letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1895
Box 2, Folder 12
Elizabeth Greeff letter to Marion Michaelis Skinner
1890 May
Box 2, Folder 13
C. H. Greenleaf letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1898 June 21
Box 2, Folder 14
H. J. Maxwell Grylls letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1893 June 4
Box 2, Folder 15
Mary Field Grylls letter to Eliza [-----]
approximately 1880
Scope and Contents
Addressed to: My dear Sister.
Box 2, Folder 16
Mary Field Grylls letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1875-1890
Box 2, Folder 17
Mary Field Grylls letter to Otho E. Michaelis
1877 March 11
Box 2, Folder 18
Charles Hamlen Sr. letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1894 August 21
Box 2, Folder 19
Charles Hamlen Jr. letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1895 April 7
Box 2, Folder 20
Augustus C. Hamlin letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1897 November 30
Box 2, Folder 21
The Hartford Post letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1892 May 5
Box 2, Folder 22
Harvard College note to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1898 June 27
Box 2, Folder 23
Arthur G. Hatch letters to Albert Hatch
1885-1886
Scope and Contents
All letters addressed to: Dear Brother.
Box 2, Folder 24
Arthur G. Hatch letters to Albert Hatch
1887 January-November
Box 2, Folder 25
Arthur G. Hatch letters to Albert Hatch
1889-1894
Box 2, Folder 26
Arthur G. Hatch letters to Florence Hatch
1885-1889
Scope and Contents
All letters addressed to: Dear Sister.
Box 2, Folder 27
Mark L. Hersey letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1901 February 10
Scope and Contents
Marked: Copy.
Box 2, Folder 28
Abram S. Hewitt letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1902 January 16
Box 2, Folder 29
Ella F. Higgins letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1882-1883
Box 2, Folder 30
Lizzie A. Higgins letter to Helen Child
1890 September 29
Box 2, Folder 31
Lizzie A. Higgins letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890
Box 2, Folder 32
Anne Hodges letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
undated
Box 2, Folder 33
Dr. Horrell letter to Francis Woodbridge
1854 December 21
Scope and Contents
Written in third person; with envelope.
Box 2, Folder 34
Annie H. Howe letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1885 February 17
Box 2, Folder 35
Sallie Carlisle Howe letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1867-1890
Box 2, Folder 36
Ethel Hyde letter to Marion Michaelis Skinner
1890 May
Box 2, Folder 37
William DeWitt Hyde letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1891 January 9
Box 2, Folder 38
Guido Igles letter to Frank Woodbridge
1877 August 16
Box 2, Folder 39
Henry B. Isaacs letter to Francis Woodbridge
1848 November 9
Scope and Contents
Fort Macon, Beaufort, N. C. Subjects: enslaved persons; slavery.
Box 2, Folder 40
Kittie Jermain letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1864 November 22
Box 2, Folder 41
Clara E. Jerritt letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1868 August 3
Box 2, Folder 42
Farlton Jones letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1856 January-May
Scope and Contents
Two letters with water damage; one letter with envelope.
Box 2, Folder 43
The Kennebec Journal (newspaper) letters to George V. S. Michaelis
Woodbridge
1891
Box 2, Folder 44
Alexander W. Kercheval letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1858 May 15
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 2, Folder 45
Alexander W. Kercheval letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1856 September 20
Scope and Contents
Significant water damage, with loss of text. Signed: Sandie.
Box 2, Folder 46
Alice Hunt Kercheval letter to Mary [-----]
undated
Box 2, Folder 47
Alice Hunt Kercheval letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis and Frank
Woodbridge
1859 March 28
Scope and Contents
Also enclosed: autograph note, in pencil.
Box 2, Folder 48
Alice Hunt Kercheval letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1852-1865
Scope and Contents
With envelopes.
Box 2, Folder 49
Alice Hunt Kercheval and Benjamin Berry Kercheval, 1793-1855, letter to Eliza
Kercheval Woodbridge
approximately 1840
Scope and Contents
Significant water damage, with loss of text. Letter is followed by: note from Maria
Forsyth Kercheval?
Box 2, Folder 50
Alice Hunt Kercheval letter to Maria Forsyth Kercheval
1839 June 7
Scope and Contents
Significant water damage, with loss of text. Letter mailed via Eliza Kercheval
Woodbridge.
Box 2, Folder 51
Benjamin Berry Kercheval, 1793-1855, letters to Eliza Kercheval
Woodbridge
1840
Scope and Contents
Significant water damage, with loss of text.
Box 2, Folder 52
Benjamin Berry Kercheval, 1837-1885, letter to Eliza Kercheval
Woodbridge
1872 February 26
Box 2, Folder 53
Benjamin Berry Kercheval, 1837-1885, letters to Francis
Woodbridge
1852 January-March
Scope and Contents
One letter with envelope.
Box 2, Folder 54
Maria Forsyth Kercheval letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1871 September 8
Scope and Contents
In pencil.
Box 2, Folder 55
Maria Forsyth Kercheval letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1838-1867
Scope and Contents
Significant water damage, with loss of text.
Box 2, Folder 56
Mabel Key letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 March 17
Box 2, Folder 57
Carrie J. Kimball letter to Mary [-----]
approximately 1850 August 29
Box 2, Folder 58
John Kinzie letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1843 February 24
Scope and Contents
Some water damage.
Box 2, Folder 59
M---- L---- letter to unidentified addressee
undated
Scope and Contents
Incomplete.
Box 2, Folder 60
L. C. Page and Company (publishers) letter to George V. S. Michaelis
Woodbridge
1899 May 29
Scope and Contents
With autograph note by Woodbridge.
Box 2, Folder 61
The Ladies' Home Journal letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1901 August 14
Box 2, Folder 62
Theodore Thaddeus Sobieski Laidley letter to Kate Woodbridge
Michaelis
1874 April 5
Box 2, Folder 63
Loomis Lyman Langdon letter to Colonel Jones
1887 June 16
Scope and Contents
Fort Barcancas, Florida.
Box 2, Folder 64
Loomis Lyman Langdon letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1887 July 4
Scope and Contents
Fort Barcancas, Florida.
Box 2, Folder 65
Samuel Pierpont Langley letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1901 December 28
Box 2, Folder 66
Samuel Pierpont Langley telegram to Francis Michaelis Woodbridge
1890 May 2
Box 2, Folder 67
Kate Larned letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1837-1839
Scope and Contents
Significant water damage, with loss of text.
Box 2, Folder 68
Emma U. Law letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1864 July 16
Box 3, Folder 1
A. W. Lawrence letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1872-approximately 1890
Box 3, Folder 2
Bella W. Lawrence letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1860-1871
Box 3, Folder 3
Bella W. Lawrence letter to Aunty Pierpont
approximately 1868
Box 3, Folder 4
Villa Lawrence letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1865 May 8
Box 3, Folder 5
Light-House Establishment letter to George V. S. Michaelis
Woodbridge
1894 February 8
Scope and Contents
Signed: W. R. Livermore.
Box 3, Folder 6
Linda H. Lincoln letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1886 April 12
Box 3, Folder 7
Martha Love note to Francis Woodbridge
approximately 1854 January 25
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 3, Folder 8
Bessie W. Lowe letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1864-1865
Scope and Contents
Some letters are incomplete.
Box 3, Folder 9
James Henderson McClelland letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1891 June 26
Box 3, Folder 10
James Henderson McClelland letter to George V. S. Michaelis
Woodbridge
1900 March 20
Scope and Contents
Addressed to: Shepard.
Box 3, Folder 11
Samuel Allen McCoskry letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1869 February 11
Box 3, Folder 12
Rose McFadon letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1891
Box 3, Folder 13
The Malden Young Men's Christian Association letters to George V. S.
Michaelis Woodbridge
1897 November
Scope and Contents
Signed: F. L. Starrett.
Box 3, Folder 14
Joseph Homan Manley letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1890
Box 3, Folder 15
Joseph Homan Manley letters to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1890 August 19-25
Box 3, Folder 16
Fanny Marcy letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1864-approximately 1875
Box 3, Folder 17
Kate Woodbridge Michaelis letter to Mary Kercheval Field
1853 February 6
Box 3, Folder 18
Kate Woodbridge Michaelis letters to Alice Hunt Kercheval
approximately 1856-1859
Scope and Contents
Two of the letters are followed by letters written by Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge.
Box 3, Folder 19
Otho E. Michaelis letter to H. H. Braden
1878 December 13
Scope and Contents
A draft letter.
Box 3, Folder 20
Otho E. Michaelis letter to Moses Wheelock Field
1867 August 30
Box 3, Folder 21
Otho E. Michaelis letter to Guy Hagar Michaelis
1872 April 13
Box 3, Folder 22
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1865-1866
Scope and Contents
Detroit, Michigan. Some letters are incomplete.
Box 3, Folder 23
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1867 January-May
Scope and Contents
Watervliet Arsenal, New York.
Box 3, Folder 24
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1867 August-September
Scope and Contents
Watervliet Arsenal, New York.
Box 3, Folder 25
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1867 October
Scope and Contents
Watervliet Arsenal, New York.
Box 3, Folder 26
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1867 November
Scope and Contents
Watervliet Arsenal, New York.
Box 3, Folder 27
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1867 December
Scope and Contents
Watervliet Arsenal, New York.
Box 3, Folder 28
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1868
Box 3, Folder 29
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1869 June-July
Scope and Contents
Detroit Arsenal, Michigan.
Box 3, Folder 30
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1870-1872
Scope and Contents
Washington, D. C.; Saratoga, New York.
Box 3, Folder 31
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1873 January-October
Scope and Contents
New York; Allegheny Arsenal, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Box 4, Folder 1
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1874 February-August
Scope and Contents
Allegheny Arsenal; New York; Boston, Mass.
Box 4, Folder 2
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1874 September-December
Scope and Contents
Boston, Mass.; New York; Washington, D. C.
Box 4, Folder 3
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1875-1876
Scope and Contents
Washington, D. C.; Allegheny Arsenal; New York; Boston, Mass.
Box 4, Folder 4
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1877 January-December
Scope and Contents
Chicago, Ill.; Dakota Territory; Montana Territory.
Box 4, Folder 5
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1878-1879
Scope and Contents
Dakota Territory; New York.
Box 4, Folder 6
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1880 May-December
Scope and Contents
Dakota Territory; Saint Paul, Minn.
Box 4, Folder 7
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1881-1888
Scope and Contents
California; Washington; Detroit, Mich.; New York.
Box 4, Folder 8
Otho E. Michaelis letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1889-1890
Scope and Contents
New York; Boston, Mass.; Maine. Also enclosed: undated, incomplete letter
fragments.
Box 4, Folder 9
Otho E. Michaelis letter to Alice Field Woodbridge
1868 January 12
Box 4, Folder 10
Otho E. Michaelis letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1867 September 26
Scope and Contents
Subject: marriage proposal to Kate Woodbridge.
Box 4, Folder 11
Otho E. Michaelis letter to Frank Woodbridge
1874 March 2
Box 4, Folder 12
Otho Ernest Michaelis letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1901 July 25
Scope and Contents
Island of Samar, Philippines.
Box 4, Folder 13
O. Mills letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1858 April 1
Box 4, Folder 14
Sarah Mills letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1858 March 29
Box 4, Folder 15
Alice Mitchell letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1858 March 30
Box 4, Folder 16
Jonathan K. Mitchell letter to Francis Woodbridge
1855 August 21
Box 4, Folder 17
Albert J. S. Molinard letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1853-1854
Scope and Contents
Barrancas Barracks, Florida. With envelopes and floor plan of a building.
Box 4, Folder 18
Algernon S. M. Morgan letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 May 3
Box 4, Folder 19
Ida Hastings Morton letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
undated
Scope and Contents
Incomplete.
Box 4, Folder 20
Louise Chandler Moulton note to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1885 February 24
Box 4, Folder 21
Bertha Naumburg letter to Otho E. Michaelis
1868 December 18
Box 4, Folder 22
Frederika DeLong Nelson letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1870-1888
Scope and Contents
Signed: Freddy and Fred.
Box 4, Folder 23
New Idea Woman's Magazine letter to Roys Carter
1911 August 7
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 4, Folder 24
The New Peterson Magazine letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1893-1899
Scope and Contents
Signed: Frank Lee Benedict.
Box 4, Folder 25
The New York Press (newspaper) letter to George V. S. Michaelis
Woodbridge
1899 March 10
Scope and Contents
Signed: Ervin Wardman.
Box 4, Folder 26
May E. Newton card to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1885
Box 4, Folder 27
Maria M. Ormsbee letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1873-1888
Box 4, Folder 28
Jane Dyton Overton letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1903 July 1
Box 4, Folder 29
Julius A. Palmer letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
approximately 1895
Box 4, Folder 30
Alice H. Parker letter to Mary Kercheval Field
undated
Box 4, Folder 31
Alice H. Parker letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
undated
Box 4, Folder 32
C. F. Parker letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1891 February 12
Box 5, Folder 1
Frank H. Phipps letter to Otho E. Michaelis
1864 July 21
Scope and Contents
St. Louis Arsenal, Missouri.
Box 5, Folder 2
Carrie Pierpont letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1870
Box 5, Folder 3
Isabelle Pierpont letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1872 May 10
Scope and Contents
Signed: Aunt Bell.
Box 5, Folder 4
Nellie Pierpont letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1860-1870
Box 5, Folder 5
C. M. Pike letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1891 December 7
Box 5, Folder 6
Manley H. Pike letters to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1896-1897
Box 5, Folder 7
Z. Pitcher letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1860 February 12
Box 5, Folder 8
Thomas Pitts telegram to Mary Kercheval Field
1890 May 4
Box 5, Folder 9
Thomas Pitts letters to Otho E. Michaelis
1871 July-December
Box 5, Folder 10
Katherine Hicks Powell letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1885 November 24
Box 5, Folder 11
The Press (Philadelphia) letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1892-1898
Box 5, Folder 12
Edward A. Protois letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1877 September 4
Box 5, Folder 13
Charles Roberts letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1891 April 19
Box 5, Folder 14
[-----] Robinson letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1851 January 10
Scope and Contents
Fort Capron, Florida.
Box 5, Folder 15
G. H. Ringgold letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1853 August 8
Scope and Contents
With envelope; letter followed by music and words of a song by Ringgold.
Box 5, Folder 16
Emily Warren Roebling letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1889-1890
Box 5, Folder 17
Dora W. Russell letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1899 June 3
Box 5, Folder 18
J. W. Russell letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1852 July 23
Scope and Contents
Fort Capron, Fl.; with envelope, which contains a dried flower.
Box 5, Folder 19
J. W. Russell letters to Francis Woodbridge
1852 June-July
Scope and Contents
Fort Capron, Fl.
Box 5, Folder 20
Nellie W. Russell letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 May 4
Box 5, Folder 21
St. Nicholas (magazine) letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1888 May 29
Box 5, Folder 22
Fanny Sanger note to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1860 February 16
Scope and Contents
Written in third person.
Box 5, Folder 23
Louisa Lee Sargent letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1888 January 11
Box 5, Folder 24
Mary Alice Seymour letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1887 December 13
Box 5, Folder 25
George Vail Shepard telegram and letter to Kate Woodbridge
Michaelis
1890-1893
Box 5, Folder 26
George Vail Shepard letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1891 February 3
Box 5, Folder 27
W. A. Shepard letter to Otho E. Michaelis
approximately 1878 March 7
Scope and Contents
Followed by: autograph note to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis.
Box 5, Folder 28
Sara Templeton Shinn and William P. Shinn letters to Kate Woodbridge
Michaelis and Otho E. Michaelis
1888-1891
Box 5, Folder 29
Sierra Grande Mining Co. letter to Otho E. Michaelis
1885 September 8
Box 5, Folder 30
Small, Maynard and Company Publishers letter to George V. S. Michaelis
Woodbridge
1899 March 8
Box 5, Folder 31
Mary M. Spencer letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1905 April 18
Box 5, Folder 32
Walter G. Sprague letters and financial documents to Eliza Kercheval
Woodbridge
1867-1870
Box 5, Folder 33
The Springfield Union letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1890 September 12
Scope and Contents
Signed: Joseph L. Shipley; also enclosed: note from Ames P. Wilder to Woodbridge.
Box 5, Folder 34
Zita Stone letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1899 November 29
Box 5, Folder 35
D. M. Taylor card to Otho E. Michaelis
1890 April 22
Box 5, Folder 36
J. M. L. Taylor letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1853 September-October
Scope and Contents
One letter with envelope.
Box 5, Folder 37
Alfred Howe Terry letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1877 August 11
Box 5, Folder 38
Emily H. Terry letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1878 February 9
Scope and Contents
St. Augustine, Florida; with a small photograph of "The Old Fort" pasted to top of
page.
Box 5, Folder 39
A. H. Thayer letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1897 November 15
Box 5, Folder 40
William R. Thayer letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1888-1901
Box 5, Folder 41
Ada Brush Thompson letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1866-1871
Box 5, Folder 42
Frank Thomson letter to Otho E. Michaelis
1884 July 28
Box 5, Folder 43
Stuart Tripler letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1866 November-December
Scope and Contents
Fort Monroe, Virginia. Subject: Jefferson Davis.
Box 5, Folder 44
An Unknown Friend letter to Sallie Wood
1866 July 25
Box 5, Folder 45
John Wahling letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1891 May 4
Box 5, Folder 46
Effie Blunt Waring letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1885 March 31
Box 5, Folder 47
Sarah M. Webster note to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1860
Scope and Contents
Written in third person; with envelope.
Box 5, Folder 48
John Francis Weston letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
1903 November 9
Box 5, Folder 49
Jeannie S. Whiting letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1870
Box 5, Folder 50
William D. Whiting letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1841 June 20
Box 5, Folder 51
Mary L. Whitmore letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
undated
Scope and Contents
Top portion of first page cut away.
Box 5, Folder 52
Norman Wiard telegram to Frank Woodbridge
1876 February 1
Scope and Contents
Washington, D. C.; with envelope.
Box 5, Folder 53
Ames P. Wilder letter to George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge
approximately 1898
Scope and Contents
Top portion of letter torn away, with loss of text.
Box 5, Folder 54
Gwendolen Overton Wilkinson letter to The Cathedral of the Incarnation,
Garden City, Long Island
approximately 1910
Box 5, Folder 55
Gwendolen Overton Wilkinson letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1895 March 18
Box 5, Folder 56
O. B. Willcox letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1895 November 17
Box 5, Folder 57
Annie Wilson letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1915 September 12
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 5, Folder 58
Alice Field Woodbridge letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1872-1891
Box 5, Folder 59
Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge letter to Alice Hunt Kercheval
approximately 1865
Box 5, Folder 60
Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1857-1870
Scope and Contents
Majority of letters are undated and many are incomplete; one letter contains a lock
of hair.
Box 5, Folder 61
Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge letters to Otho E. Michaelis
1868-approximately 1870
Box 5, Folder 62
Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge letter to Walter G. Sprague
1870 September 2
Box 5, Folder 63
Francis Woodbridge letter to General Lewis Cass
1849 February 19
Scope and Contents
Fort Moultrie, South Carolina. Marked: Copy.
Box 5, Folder 64
Francis Woodbridge letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1850-1854
Scope and Contents
February 14, 1851 letter damaged with white sticker.
Box 5, Folder 65
Francis Woodbridge letters, notes, and poems to Eliza Kercheval
Woodbridge
approximately 1839-1840
July-December
Scope and Contents
Detroit, Mich.; Buffalo, New York; Vergennes, Vermont; some letters written in
pencil; also, some letters with water damage.
Box 6, Folder 1
Francis Woodbridge letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1841 May-September
Scope and Contents
Buffalo, N. Y.; Mackinac, Michigan.
Box 6, Folder 2
Francis Woodbridge letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1842 June-July
Scope and Contents
Mackinac, Mich.; Galena, Ill.; Mississippi River; Detroit, Mich.
Box 6, Folder 3
Francis Woodbridge letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1843 June-July
Scope and Contents
Lake Michigan; Milwaukee; Mackinac, Mich.
Box 6, Folder 4
Francis Woodbridge letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1844 April-September
Scope and Contents
Detroit, Mich.
Box 6, Folder 5
Francis Woodbridge letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1845 April-July
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee; Mackinac, Mich.
Box 6, Folder 6
Francis Woodbridge letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1846 April-August
Scope and Contents
Detroit, Mich.; Toledo, Ohio.
Box 6, Folder 7
Francis Woodbridge letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1849 August-December
Scope and Contents
New York, South Carolina; Georgia; Florida; many letters with envelopes.
Box 6, Folder 8
Francis Woodbridge letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1850 January-December
Scope and Contents
Florida; Chicago, Ill.; Washington, D. C.; Charleston, South Carolina; many letters
with envelopes.
Box 6, Folder 9
Francis Woodbridge letters and poem to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1851 January-September
Scope and Contents
Florida; most letters with envelopes.
Box 6, Folder 10
Francis Woodbridge letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1853 March-October
Scope and Contents
Washington, D. C.; Florida; some letters with envelopes.
Box 6, Folder 11
Francis Woodbridge letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1854 February-September
Scope and Contents
Florida; with envelopes.
Box 6, Folder 12
Francis Woodbridge letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1855 January-August
Scope and Contents
Florida; some letters with envelopes.
Box 6, Folder 13
Francis Michaelis Woodbridge letter to Joseph Homan Manley
1898 April 22
Box 6, Folder 14
Francis Michaelis Woodbridge postcards to Kate Woodbridge
Michaelis
1894-1895
Box 6, Folder 15
Francis Michaelis Woodbridge letter to George V. S. Michaelis
Woodbridge
1898 April
Box 6, Folder 16
Frank Woodbridge letters to Guy Hagar Michaelis
1875-1882
Scope and Contents
Washington, D. C.; Fort Shaw, Montana; Fort Buford, Dakota Territory.
Box 6, Folder 17
Frank Woodbridge letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1865-1874
Scope and Contents
Washington, D. C.
Box 6, Folder 18
Frank Woodbridge letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1875 February-December
Scope and Contents
Washington, D. C.
Box 7, Folder 1
Frank Woodbridge letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1876 April-December
Scope and Contents
Fort Shaw, Montana.
Box 7, Folder 2
Frank Woodbridge letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1877-1878
Scope and Contents
Fort Shaw, Montana; Detroit, Mich.
Box 7, Folder 3
Frank Woodbridge letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1879-1890
Scope and Contents
Washington, D. C.; Dakota Territory; Wyoming; Ann Arbor, Mich. Also enclosed:
undated, incomplete letters.
Box 7, Folder 4
Frank Woodbridge letters to Otho E. Michaelis
1870-1887
Scope and Contents
Washington, D. C.; Fort Shaw, Montana; Wyoming.
Box 7, Folder 5
Frank Woodbridge letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1873 November 3
Scope and Contents
Washington, D. C.
Box 7, Folder 6
Frederick E. Woodbridge letter to Francis Woodbridge
1855 July 18
Box 7, Folder 7
George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge letters to Kate Woodbridge
Michaelis
1888-1889
Box 7, Folder 8
Henry Bloomer Woodbridge letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1851 July-August
Box 7, Folder 9
Henry Bloomer Woodbridge letter to Francis Woodbridge
1853 February 17
Box 7, Folder 10
Rose Woodbridge letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1857-1859
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 7, Folder 11
George Woodman letters to Francis Woodbridge
1850 October 19-25
Scope and Contents
Some water damage, with some loss of text.
Box 7, Folder 12
Edith Field Young letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1871-1919
Box 7, Folder 13
Edith Field Young note to Otho E. Michaelis
approximately 1874
Scope and Contents
In pencil.
Box 7, Folder 14
Edith Field Young letter to Frank Woodbridge
approximately 1870
Box 7, Folder 15
The Youth's Companion letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1892 January 26
Box 7, Folder 16
Celia [-----] letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1865
Box 7, Folder 17
Celia [-----] letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1866 January-September
Box 7, Folder 18
Celia [-----] letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1890
Scope and Contents
Also addressed to Mrs. McAles.
Box 7, Folder 19
Cyril [-----] letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1900 April
Scope and Contents
Letters are brittle and damaged.
Box 7, Folder 20
Eunice [-----] letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1835
Scope and Contents
Some water damage.
Box 7, Folder 21
Fefine [-----] letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1863 September 19
Scope and Contents
Signature illegible.
Box 7, Folder 22
George von [-----] letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 May 4
Scope and Contents
Signature illegible; also enclosed: letter from Lena, his wife.
Box 7, Folder 23
Gertrude S---- letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1903 March 9
Box 7, Folder 24
Gertrude S---- letter to Marion Michaelis Skinner
1890 May 8
Box 7, Folder 25
Helen [-----] letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
undated
Box 7, Folder 26
Isabella [-----] letters to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1838 March-September
Scope and Contents
With a small note, in pencil. Significant water damage, with loss of text.
Box 7, Folder 27
Jeanette [-----] letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
1856 August 5
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 7, Folder 28
Jeannie [-----] letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1893 June 25
Box 7, Folder 29
Lewis [-----] telegram to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1890 May 2
Box 7, Folder 30
Lucy [----] letter to Belle [-----]
1890 November 12
Box 7, Folder 31
Lyda [-----] letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1902
Box 7, Folder 32
Margaret [-----] letter to Marion Michaelis Skinner
1890 May
Box 7, Folder 33
Nellie [-----] letters to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1888-1890
Box 7, Folder 34
Unidentified author letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1865
Scope and Contents
Requesting forgiveness for breaking their engagement; no signature.
Box 7, Folder 35
Unidentified author letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
approximately 1866
Scope and Contents
In pencil; no signature.
Box 7, Folder 36
Unidentified author letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
1888
Scope and Contents
Signature illegible.
Box 7, Folder 37
Unidentified author letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
undated
Scope and Contents
Incomplete; signature illegible.
Box 7, Folder 38
Unidentified author letter to Kate Woodbridge Michaelis
undated
Scope and Contents
Signature illegible.
Box 7, Folder 39
Unidentified author letter to Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
undated
Scope and Contents
With envelope; signature illegible.
Manuscripts, documents, and photographs
1840-1926
Physical Description: 0.42 Linear
Feet(1 box)
Scope and Contents
This series includes poems, short stories, a receipt (recipe), and other manuscripts.
There is a short diary kept by Otho E. Michaelis during the Atlanta campaign in 1864,
the pages of which were torn from his chess record book. Also included is a manuscript
written by an unknown author entitled "Life on the Plains" which is an early draft of a
talk about life in the Army while stationed at Fort Shaw, Montana, in the 1870s. This
series also includes financial documents and material dealing with American football and
athletics; U. S. Army correspondence, orders, vouchers, and autograph notes. The
photographs include a tintype, cartes de visite, card photographs, snapshots, and
stereographs; with subjects including family, friends, soldiers, a biplane, and various
locations.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject and format.
Box 8, Folder 1
Elizabeth Barrett Browning My Kate: poem, copied out by Jeanie A.
Brush
1864 March 4
Box 8, Folder 2
Kate Woodbridge Michaelis "A charming Boston woman…:' short story
approximately 1900
Box 8, Folder 3
Otho E. Michaelis Diary of Atlanta Campaign
1864 May-August
Scope and Contents
With envelope; notation on envelope: "Brief diary of Atlanta Campaign, cut from the
front of chess record book…"
Box 8, Folder 4
Otho E. Michaelis "Mr. Chairman, I must make a personal explanation…:"
partial meeting minutes from an unidentified meeting concerning the manufacture of
steel guns
approximately 1885
Box 8, Folder 5
Otho E. Michaelis Salutatory Address to Professor Charles E.
Anthon
1862 July 15
Box 8, Folder 6
Francis Woodbridge "Hamilton says 'that jealousy is the usual concomitant of
violent love'…:" thoughts on jealousy and true love
approximately 1840
Box 8, Folder 7
Frank Woodbridge To the Past: poem
1873 July 9
Box 8, Folder 8
George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge American football and athletics:
correspondence, forms, and printed material
1891-1892
Scope and Contents
With envelopes. Subject: Maine Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association.
Box 8, Folder 9
George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge Change of name, Boston Press Club, Harvard
University: correspondence, receipts, bills, printed material and
envelopes.
1890-1926
Box 8, Folder 10
George V. S. Michaelis Woodbridge "The Squire attended by his three hired
men…:" murder story: early draft
approximately 1895
Box 8, Folder 11
Unidentified author "If nobody's noticed you, you must be small…:" poem,
copied out by Eliza Kercheval Woodbridge
approximately 1870
Box 8, Folder 12
Unidentified author Life on the Plains - Fort Shaw, Montana in the 1870s:
talk: early draft
approximately 1880
Scope and Contents
With autograph corrections in red, possibly done by Frank Woodbridge. The manuscript
is 35 pages but page number 16 was skipped and page 35 is marked out with a large
X.
Box 8, Folder 13
Unidentified author Receipt for Pickling Beef
approximately 1850
Box 8, Folder 14
Woodbridge and Michaelis families financial correspondence and
documents
1855-1897
Scope and Contents
Small amount of water damage, with some loss of text.
Box 8, Folder 15
George Melville Dibble Answers to the charges and specifications of charges
preferred against Midshipman Geo. Melville Dibble: a humorous list of
charges
approximately 1875
Scope and Contents
Addressed to: Frank Woodbridge.
Box 8, Folder 16
United States Army Autograph notes and drawing
undated
Scope and Contents
With envelope.
Box 8, Folder 17
United States Army Payment vouchers for Francis Woodbridge
1848 July-August
Scope and Contents
Small amount of water damage, with some loss of text.
Box 8, Folder 18
United States Army Headquarters General Orders, No. 2
1853 September 26
Box 8, Folder 19
United States Army Headquarters Special Orders, No. 6, 27, 67 issued for
Francis Woodbridge
1854 January-April
Scope and Contents
With envelopes.
Box 8, Folder 20
United States War Department Correspondence regarding the resignation of
Frank Woodbridge
1876 February-March
Box 8, Folder 21
Henry M. Duffield, Ferdinand Rodliffe, unidentified man: card
photographs
approximately 1875-1881
Box 8, Folder 22
Maria Forsyth Kercheval, Lucy S. Smith, unidentified woman: cartes de visite,
picture postcard
approximately 1880-1899
Box 8, Folder 23
Kate Woodbridge Michaelis, Kathleen A. Michaelis, George V. S. Michaelis
Woodbridge, Francis Michaelis Woodbridge; unidentified wedding portrait: black and
white snapshots, photograph
approximately 1900-1920
Box 8, Folder 24
Unidentified babies and children: cartes de visite, card photographs, black
and white snapshots
approximately 1890-1910
Box 8, Folder 25
Unidentified young men and soldiers: tintype, cartes de visite, card
photographs
approximately 1860-1910
Box 8, Folder 26
Unidentified young women: cartes de visite, sepia prints
approximately 1865-1901
Box 8, Folder 27
Augusta, Maine High School; World's Fair; Edinburgh, Scotland: card
photograph, stereographs
1880-1893
Box 8, Folder 28
Fort Buford, Fl., officer's quarters; Grimes' battery at Daiquiri, Cuba;
unidentified sailors; World War I soldiers, Philadelphia: card photograph, black and
white snapshot, picture postcard
1881-1915
Box 8, Folder 29
Unidentified airport and biplane; unidentified mountain and sailboat: black
and white snapshots
approximately 1920
Ephemera
1848-1911
Physical Description: 0.42 Linear
Feet(1 box)
Scope and Contents
This series includes letter and manuscript fragments; empty stamped, addressed
envelopes and canceled stamps; calling cards, Christmas cards, and postcards. The
printed material includes pamphlets, clippings, invitations, and flyers. Also included
are photocopies and transcriptions made by the dealer of various letters in the
collection.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject and format.
Box 9, Folder 1
Autograph letter fragments, unidentified manuscript fragments, miscellaneous
items
undated
Box 9, Folder 2
Empty stamped, addressed envelopes; canceled stamps
1848-1911
Scope and Contents
One envelope contains lock of hair.
Box 9, Folder 3
Michaelis and Woodbridge families: business cards and calling cards;
Christmas cards; postcards
approximately 1875-1908
Scope and Contents
Some items with autograph signatures and notes.
Box 9, Folder 4
Michaelis and Woodbridge families: printed material: pamphlets, clippings,
invitations, and flyers
1864-1899
Scope and Contents
With some envelopes.
Box 9, Folder 5-6
Dealer research copies: mainly Francis Woodbridge letters: typed
transcriptions of letters in the Huntington Woodbridge papers
undated
Scope and Contents
With autograph notes and highlighting; transcriptions not complete, words and
sections missing.
Box 9, Folder 7
Dealer research copies: Otho E. Michaelis 1876 letters: transcriptions and
photocopies of letters not in the Huntington Woodbridge papers
undated
Scope and Contents
Cannot be copied or reproduced in any format.